Your limbs feel like jelly. The bright, revealing costume—all sequins and sheer panels—suddenly feels too heavy, the glitter on your skin like grit. You’re standing in a dim corridor just off the main stage exit, trying to remember how to breathe normally.

At the front, Bang Chan is talking animatedly to Lee Know. Hyunjin has an arm slung around Felix’s shoulders, both of them glowing under the hallway lights. And there, half-hidden behind Changbin’s broad frame, is Han Jisung. Your brother. His eyes are already locked on you.